Toy machine gun

ABSTRACT

A TOY WHICH SIMULATES A REAL MACHINE GUN HAVING A TRANSISTORIZED AMPLIFIER WITH A CARTRIDGE NEEDLE AND A CONTINUOUS PLAY RECORD WHICH PRODUCES THE ACTUAL SOUND OF REAL MACHINE GUN FIRE. THE MECHANISM OF THIS DEVICE ALSO INCLUDES SYNCHRONOUS LIGHT-BULB ARRANGEMENT IN ORDER TO SIMULATE REAL FIRE COMING FROM THE GUN.

March 16, 1971 H. J. PALMER 3,570,176

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United States Patent Oflice 3,570,176 TOY MACHINE GUN Henry J. Palmer, 699 N. Broad St.,

Philadelphia, Pa. 19123 Filed Dec. 13, 1968, Ser. No. 783,689 Int. Cl. A63h 33/26 US. 'Cl. 46-227 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A toy which simulates a real machine gun having a transistorized amplifier with a cartridge needle and a continuous play record which produces the actual sound of real machine gun fire. The mechanism of this device also includes synchronous light-bulb arrangement in order to simulate real fire coming from the gun.

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to a toy machine gun which simulates real machine guns.

It is therefore the main purpose of this invention to provide a toy machine gun which will have transistorized amplification means in order to amplify the machine gun fire recorded upon a small continuous play record.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy machine gun which will have a light bulb in the muzzle of the barrel which by commutator means will be synchronous with the sound track of the record when the trigger of the toy is pulled so as to simulate real fire produced by the muzzle of a real machine gun.

A further object of this invention is to provide a toy machine gun which will have a continuous belt of toy bullets which will seemingly be fed into the machine gun and simulated ammunition box which houses the transistorized amplifier and other components of the toy.

Other objects of this invention are to provide a toy machine gun which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to use and efiicient in operation.

These and other objects will become apparent upon a study of the following specification, together with the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1 showing the box and bullet belt removed therefrom;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view taken on the lines 33 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary side view of the bullets and box shown in section and in elevation;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary side view of the motor and bullet spindle assembly shown in elevation and removed from FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic wiring diagram of the invention.

According to this invention, a toy machine gun 10 is shown to include a main body 11 of hollow rectangular configuration having a pistol-grip 12 with a trigger switch 13 arrangement for operating gun 10. Trigger switch 13 is pivotable upon pin 14 of pistol-grip 12 and a spring 15 is secured in the interior wall of pistol grip 12 at one end and at its other end is secured to the upper portion of trigger switch 13 and provides return means for trigger switch 13 to the normally open position.

At the forward end of main body 11 is secured an elongated and perforated air cooling sleeve 16. At the other end of sleeve 16 extends a hollow barrel 17 to which is attached a threaded sleeve 18. Front sight 19 is secured to sleeve 18 and a rear sight 20 is secured to the upper portion of the main body 11. The main body 11 of gun 10 is supported by means of tripod 20' which rests upon ground 21. An electric bulb 22 is carried within threaded sleeve 18 and a permanent magnet speaker 3,570,176 Patented Mar. 16, 1971 23 is secured within the perforated sleeve 16 and provide for the eminence of amplified machine gun fire sound. A rectangular plate 24 is secured to one side of main body 11 and is provided with female jacks 25, 26, and 27 for a purpose which hereinafter will be described. Plate 24 is also provided with a rectangular opening 28 for a purpose which also will be described.

Male jacks 29, 30' and 31 of chute 32 are placed into the corresponding female jacks 25, 26 and 27 which serve to support chute 32 and also to connect the operating components of gun 10. Chute 32 rests within the opening 33 of the ammunition box 34 which is provided with a handle 35, a door 36 having hinges 37, the door 36 providing access to the various components of the interior. A rotatable spindle 38 is carried at one end of chute 32 and supports a plurality of toy bullets 39 which are connected by webs 40. The bullets 39 form a continuous belt 41 which when gun 10 is in operation will appear to be feeding into gun 10 by means of the slot 28 of plate 24. A battery operated motor 42 is secured to the interior of box 34 and is provided with a spindle 43 which also receives the belt 41 with bullets 39. Motor 42 serves to cause continuous belt 41 to move and simultaneously rotates commutator 44 having a plurality of spaced apart segments 45 which engage with spherical ball-shaped brushes 46 which are connected by means of wires 47 to battery 48 on the interior of box 34. A back-up arm 49 provided with spring 50 and a needle 51 causes the record 52 to be played when trigger switch 13 is pulled. Record 52 is fixedly secured to the spindle 43 and is provided with a continuous sound track on which the needle rides.

It will be noted that commutator 45 rotates simultaneously with record 52 in order that bulb 22 will light and shots on soundtrack 53 are amplified in order to simulate a real machine gun. Back-up arm 49 is secured to the input wires 54 of the transistorized amplifier 55. The output wires 56 connected to amplifier 55 provide means of introducing the amplified sound to the speaker 23 within sleeve 16. Battery power for amplifier 55 is provided by means of wire 57 and 58 and also wire 59. With the trigger switch 13 and the motor 42 being in series connection, when the trigger switch is pulled by the operator, it closes the circuit of the motor 42 and the amplifier 55. The motor starts the continuous belt 41 by rotation of spindle 46 and the pick up arm 49 introduces the signals from sound track 53 of record 52, onto the amplifier 55 and the speaker 23 reproduces the machine gun sound while simultaneously commutator 14 opens and closes the bulb 22 by means of the brushes 46 in contact with the segments 45 intermittently. As long as the trigger switch 13 is held closed gun 10 will produce real machine gun sound. When trigger switch 13 is released, spring 15 returns trigger switch 13 to the open position.

What I claim is:

1. A toy machine gun producing real machine gun sound comprising a main body portion, a hollow barrel, a perforated sleeve positioned intermediate said portion and said barrel and in integral relation therewith and a pistol grip protruding from said portion at the end opposite from said sleeve, a light bulb secured to said barrel, and a trigger switch secured in said pistol grip for activating a circuit and producing machine gun sound and light, an endless bullet belt and chute extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said portion with said belt rotatably journaled within said chute, and motor means communicating with cartridge means, amplifier means, speaker means and commutator means producing sound from a sound track of a record upon circuit activation.

2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said motor means, amplifier means, and trigger means are wired in series to a battery and said motor means, amplifier means and battery are contained within a rectangular hollow box emulating an ammunition box, said box positioned in integral relationship to said chute.

3. The combination according to claim 2 wherein said motor means is provided with a spindle means for driving said endless belt and a second spindle means to rotate at the end of said chute when said motor means is activated by said trigger switch, said second spindle means having said cartridge means and a needle providing input tinuous sound track secured to it, a. pick-up arm secured in said box and communicating with said record and having said cartjridge means and a needle providing input for said amplifier means, and speaker means in operational connection with said amplifier means and secured within said perforated sleeve, reproducing amplified gunfire sound.

4. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said commutator segments rotate within said second spindle means of said motor through means of a pair of brushes intermittently closing the circuit said bulb which simulates fire from a real gun and said bulb being enclosed within an internally threaded sleeve which is screwably secured onto the end of the barrel of said gun.

5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein the wiring of said bulb, said speaker, said trigger switch are connected to female jacks contained by a rectangular plate secured to one side of the main body of said gun, and the male jacks at the end of said chute carrying said endless bullet belt engaging said female jacks in order to connect electrically said amplifier, said commutator and said battery contained Within said ammunition box of said toy, and a tripod secured to the main body of said gun in order to afford the gun to stand on the ground.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,420,076 5/1947 Goodwin et al. 46-232 2,565,910 8/1951 Conover 46232 2,593,026 4/1952 Hawkins 46-228X 2,648,159 8/1953 Rotfeld 46-228X 3,064,390 11/1962 lBarnes 46232 3,220,732 11/ 1965 Pincus 46-232X LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner J. N. ESKOVITZ, Assistant Examiner 

